BJP short lists candidates for 35 seats in Telangana

HYDERABAD: Speeding up the selection of candidates for the Telangana assembly elections, the Telangana BJP state election committee met on Friday and short-listed candidates for about 35 seats. The names have been sent to the BJP parliamentary board, which will scrutinize and approve the names.

The parliamentary board is scheduled to meet in Delhi on Saturday and likely to announce candidates for some Telangana constituencies along with nominees of other poll-bound states such as MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.

BJP short lists candidates for 35 seats in Telangana

The party core committee met in the first week of this month and held consultations with senior leaders from various districts and had taken their opinions. “In the first list, sitting MLAs, senior leaders and a few others names would be announced,” a member of the election committee said.